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一切經音義 18.140

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18.140

Imprisoned in darkness (幽縶: the first character has the fanqie y[òu] + [y]óu; Zheng's commentary on the Liji says: "You (幽) means dark, not bright." The Erya says: "You means subtle; deep." The Shuowen says: "Concealed"; it is composed of mountain containing 𢆶; 𢆶 has the same sound as above, composed of two yao; yao has the fanqie [y]ī + [y]áo. The second character has the fanqie zh[ēn] + [l]ì; the Mao commentary on the Shijing says: "Zhi (縶) means to tether." The Guliang zhuan says: "When two feet cannot move past each other, it is called zhi." The Gujin zhengzi says it has the silk radical and the phonetic zhi (執)).

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